CVS Health reviews

3.2

44% would recommend to a friend

(46,854 total reviews)
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David Joyner

50% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

CVS Health has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 46,854 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CVS Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.5 stars).

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47K reviews
3.0
Apr 28, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. friendly co workers within the company 2. my pay is in line with retail standards 3. helping our customers

Cons

As a manager that has been with this company for 15 years, I have seen the good times and the bad. I am not scared of working and I consider myself a guy that can get it done. I have always enjoyed my job, and am good at it and I used to like it ... BUT ... Lately, there is a negative charge in the air around CVS. It seems every one is on edge and heads are beginning to roll. It's not the same company that I have grown to love and accept this past decade and a half. Something has changed for the worse and I am not quite able to figure it out. It's like a bad marriage. I want out unless the counselor can get it back in line ! This company uses Store Managers to do the dirty work. Call us the GRUNTS. We are glorified cashiers, stockers, janitors, ad builders, sign makers, price changers, we set plan o grams, we do our own cosmetic resets, we handle product withdrawals and damages weekly, we run pharmacy registers when Rx get backed up and busy, (who helps us when we get backed up and busy), we vacuum, we set seasonal, we take down seasonal, we place pack away seasonal in a back room that was designed too small and cramped to hold 8 years worth of seasonal 'pack away', we push overstock weekly, we scan outs weekly and try to manage our inventory, we get out stores ready for inventory usually alone or with very minimal help, we prepare our stores for visits, we write endless and pointless action plans, we have monthly store manager meetings with our DMs that usually has to be on our days off, we hire and perform interviews, we do new hire paperwork, endless training modules and certifications that we have to keep up to date, we try to keep up with all the office paperwork (IAR's, LP Audits, Daily Store Walks, Work Load Planner, Email, Payroll, Etc) ... the list goes on and on endlessly and then starts all over the next week...GET THE PICTURE ? We as so called Store Managers are not managers at all ... we get the blame and finger pointing when something goes bad, then we are the 'Store Manager' ....all other times, we are all of the above. We are really a One Man Show for the most part. We do have other Front Store help, a p/t cashier that may or may not be a good employee who is trying their best (or not) to keep the lines from getting backed up, running film, helping the little old lady who does not know how to use the Digital Kiosk and needs someone to help her scan all 20 or her old black and white photos to put in a photo book, while simultaneously handling the hoard of couponers that just walked in armed with their coupon BINDERS and two buggies each looking like they just watched an Extreme Coupon Marathon on TLC. This p/t person has no clue how to handle all of this pressure, its no wonder they don't stick around long. We do not have the payroll, the help, the expertise, the drive or the patience to deal with all of this on a daily basis before we burn out, crash and then BURN. I have basically reached that point. Don't try to talk me out of it CVS. I know you care .... you care about your bottom line, you care about the numbers, you care about your shareholders, you CARE about anything and everything except your employees, especially the Store Managers that are out there every day giving it all they have, losing marriages, failing with their kids, missing the precious moments in life, because YOU ... DONT CARE ! So, I have stopped caring as well.

4.0
Apr 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very interesting and fast paced. The workplace was always evolving and improving on yesterday's success for the most part. Lots of top talent and nice people. A great place to work.

Cons

As the company grew it got harder and harder to get initiatives approved and completed.

3.0
Apr 25, 2012

Rewarding yet challenging

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, great coworkers, fast paced

Cons

Bosses display bullying managerial techniques

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